General Chat

The great shut down of GR in 2006 with the mass bans.


Can anyone please remember the name of the site we all decamped too?

It was originally set up by Pipper Doll .

Oh Yes In the good old days :-D :-D :-D

It still exists doesn’t it?

And yes I remember.

Qh wow don't we just. :-D :-D :-D

Thank you Joan x just been for a nosy.

It still exists Ann but not how we remember it. I am sure it was taken over by someone else and the forums disappeared, if I remember right Guinevere was one of the moderators. There was some lovely interesting threads on there. One was a meet in a museum/prison in Devon or Dorset and the other was one with wedding photos. What a shame its gone.

3 blinky days we was shut out,,,,,,over someone getting a life ban because of their attitude.


poor Estelle she did suffer..... :-D

Didn't you have to be invited to join it?

Didn't Bc get a ban for
saying Her purse was stolen

That was really bad that was :-D

Yes Sharron you did no riff raff allowed,,,,,,,,but they had a back door they hadn't shut and the things that was seen was worse than on GR at the time.

:-D :-D

Date a wee bit wrong .............

Not 2009.

FTF was set up in 2006, by people like Olde Crone, Glen in Tinsel etc. Most if them are still there. I don't think it was ever taken over by anyone else, but it has matured.

It's a great site now, a lot like GR used to be with helping threads, and a great General thread where no-one is RR'd, banned or even nasty.

At least the boards moved In those days Kay ;-)
We were in lots of little secret rooms

and did some of us vent pmsl ;-) ;-)

I said 2006 It was September 2006, I could even tell you who started it and it was not me I was a confirmed fence sitter in them days, it was originally set up by Pipper Doll her then husband and his friend the latter was not members of GR. They did the original layout of the site but had no interest in running or moderating it.

Yes she did Joy it was 8 weeks ban back then

Madge is so right :-D :-D

I've just looked it up - and will register tomorrow! :-D

Do you remember we weren’t allowed to ~~~~~ at the banned members of to rephrase it those on a GR holiday. The first banned member I waved to was Muffy :-D :-D

It all started over nothing and someone took a comment very out of content and all hell broke loose, the person who made the comment was very new but was accused of being someone else and was absolutely slated. In the end she gave as good as she got and I think a few of the old regulars did not like it, loads got bans, some deserved them some looking for them and others totally innocent like our BC. We thought it was the end of GR as Kay says 3 days the shut down was, one or two found a way in the back door but got very lonely.

When I got my life ban, any thread with the mention of Hayley or Empress was deleted immediately everyone was waving to ~~~~~~~ fan of Cilla Black :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Some of those spats
Made me some very good forever friends
Most of which have left Gr
But we have remained Real life friends
And some really wonderful People off here have
passed away sadly But we have never forgot them :-( :-(

Absolutely true Joy

I notice all people who caused all the troubles are gone
They caused bother
and couldn't run the distance :-D :-D
Everything I have ever said I have stood by and admitted I have said it